July 3, 2019
Council adopts budget
THE City of Ballarat 2019/20 budget was officially adopted by council last week not without considerable debate. Councillor Amy Johnson moved an alternative motion at...
July 3, 2019
Change over at the top
HUY Nguyen was installed as President of the Rotary Club of Wendouree Breakfast on Sunday. Outgoing President Elissa Ritchie, presented Mr Nguyen with his regalia...
July 3, 2019
Second time around at NANCYMAC
HOW do you sell that fabulous Maticevski gown, a Sass and Bide jacket or a Rebecca Vallance backless top which is just hanging in...
June 26, 2019
Small dignities make a difference
ANDREA Whimpenny was seeking meaningful volunteer work when she came across women’s charity Share the Dignity. When she read about the organisation and its founder,...
June 26, 2019
Ensemble performs Speaking in Tongues
FOUR actors playing nine roles and one director presenting three stories may seem like a simple description of Andrew Bovell’s Speaking in Tongues. However, Ballarat...
June 26, 2019
Fulfil your costume fantasy on Peel Street
THE modest hall on the edge of Peel Street Park houses a cornucopia of costumes. This Aladdin’s cave, filled to overflowing, with silks, satins, sequins,...
June 26, 2019
Cyclists help all access abilities kids play sport
KELLIE Tait founded AAA Sports Ballarat as a safe place for all abilities kids to play sport. When she took her son Cooper who has...
June 26, 2019
School holiday songs can tell cool stories
JUSTIN Hayward, Ballarat singer, lyricist and teacher doesn’t agree that lyrics are the hardest part of a song. He believes every child is a natural...
June 19, 2019
A blanket can change lives
CRESWICK Woollen Mills, founded in 1947 by Polish migrant Paul Ryzowy, is one of the many businesses supporting the 3BA Winter Appeal. Boaz Herszfeld, Executive...
June 19, 2019
Make over for sheep expo
THE Ballarat Sheep Show is being relaunched and rebranded in a new format at the Ballarat Showgrounds on Sunday, 23 June. The one-day event will...
June 19, 2019
Hop along to the Creswick rabbit show
RABBIT breeders, exhibitors and bunnies by the colony will be at the Northern Country Rabbit Club’s annual show in Creswick on Saturday 22 June. Amanda...
June 19, 2019
First night hospice fund raiser
ORDER of Saint John of Jerusalem Knights Hospitaller, Ballarat Founding Group is joining in a community partnership with BLOC Music Theatre Company’s opening night...
June 19, 2019
Community Centre reopened after renos
CITY of Ballarat North Ward councillor Amy Johnson officially opened stage one of the renovations at Ballarat North Community Centre last week. About 80 members...
June 19, 2019
Two Jens reinvigorate old Newlyn church
SCRUB Hill 1869, a bluestone Presbyterian church in a past life, sits on the Ballarat Daylesford Road in Newlyn surrounded by not much more...
June 19, 2019
WINTER FESTIVAL’S a wonderland
THE city will pull out all the stops to give visitors and residents a new look at the Ballarat during the upcoming Winter Festival. It’ll...
June 19, 2019
Unconventional and Unpredictable
PHOTOGRAPHERS Liu Bolin from China and Badtjala woman Dr Fiona Foley were announced as the headliners for the 2019 Ballarat International Foto Biennale program...
June 12, 2019
Rock on with REBEL REBEL
DAVID Bowie’s song Rebel Rebel has been covered by Bruce Springsteen, Rickie Lee Jones and even the Bay City Rollers. Ballarat is about to hear...
June 12, 2019
Beauty and the Beast comes to Wendouree
BLOC Music Theatre Company is staging the classic fairy tale Beauty and the Beast as its annual production this month. Directed by Tim Gay and...
June 12, 2019
Talking about periods shouldn’t be off-limits
FEMINIST author Karen Pickering and Australia’s most renowned menstrual educator Jane Bennett launched their co-authored book About Bloody Time: the menstrual revolution we have...
June 12, 2019
Solar energy install a good fit for plastic recycler
REPLAS recycles plastic waste into over 200 sustainable products including bollards, decking, fending, fitness trails and furniture. For a business, which builds it values around...
June 12, 2019
Civic Hall hosts Kris Kristofferson
KRIS Kristofferson, the undisputed country music living legend, will be on stage at Civic Hall on Monday, 23 September as part of his Australian...
June 12, 2019
Made of Ballarat is the new brand
NOEL Dempsey, CEO of Made of Ballart - formally Visit Ballarat, wants to change the perception of the city. Ballarat doesn’t rank highly with potential...
June 10, 2019
Can-do attitude and commitment
BARBARA Hughes’ service to the Ballarat community over many decades has been recognised in the Queen’s Birthday 2019 Honours list. Mrs Hughes, the recipient of...
June 10, 2019
Sovereign Hill’s past CEO made Member of the Order
DOCTOR Jeremy Johnson has been appointed a Member of the Order of Australia for significant service to tourism and to the community of Ballarat. Dr...
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